By Franz-Stefan Gady

August 18, 2015

"The U.S. Department of Defense is planning to step up the number of drone surveillance flights by 50 percent over the next four years the Wall Street Journal reports.

A senior defense official told the Wall Street Journal that the Pentagon in particular seeks to improve its intelligence collection capabilities in places such as Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, North Africa, and the South China Sea."

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http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/pentagon-to-increase-drone-flights-over-south-china-sea/

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